RUSDOCFILMFEST-3W: THREE FACES OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE

world-famous Russia-born American linguist Professor Vyacheslav V. Ivanov. The famous slavist recalls his childhood that he spent among the most distinguished Soviet writers, scientists, artists, and actors: M. Bakhtin, B. Pasternak, V. Shalamov, J. Brodsky, A. Solzhenitsyn, A. Sakharov, and others. Q&A with film-director.
 Natalia Gorbanevskaya: I am not a Hero
54 min 2017 Russia
On August 25, 1968, the Russian poet Natalia Gorbanevskaya’s actions changed her life: carrying her three-month-old son, she, with seven like-minded people, protested against the Soviet-led intervention of Czechoslovakia at the Red Square in Moscow. The cost of this action was years of imprisonment. The film-team has been interviewing their character for several years for this documentary.
 Time was Given
70 min 2016 Russia
This documentary is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the famous Russian poet Naum Korzhavin. As a student he was sentenced to prison to the GULAG for his verses in Stalin’s Soviet Union; he was one of the most popular poets published in Samizdat. He immigrated to the U.S. in the 1970s, and became the “voice of honor” for the Russian-speaking multi-ethnic Diaspora. Awards: Grand Prix at the International Film festival in Gatchina in 2016. 
Language: Russian, English Subtitles. American premieres.
Three Screenings at the School of Visual Arts, MFA Social Documentary Film
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